ZA Suleri

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Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri (Urdu: ضیاء الدین احمد سلہری) (or ZA Suleri; 1913-1999) was a notable journalist and writer from Pakistan. He served as Editor of Dawn and The Pakistan Times and founded the Times of Karachi. He was outspoken and frequently jailed for his statements and activities. He was also called Pip (short for patriotic and preposterous). In 1965 he headed Militiary Public Relations directorate of Pakistan . In his early life he was an activist of Pakistan movement and wrote My Leader, the first semi-biographical work in English on Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He was also the chairman of Quaid-i-Azam Academy. He died of heart attack in Lahore.

Contents 1 Works 2 His unfinished biography 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Works

• My leader (1944)
• The Road to Peace and Pakistan (1944)
• Influence of Islam on World Civilization
• Shaheed-E-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan, Builder of Pakistan
• Al-Quran

[edit] His unfinished biography

When ZA Suleri wanted to write his autobiography, he chose Boys Will Be Boys as its title. The autobiography never materialised, and after his death when his daughter, Sara Suleri, decided to write a tribute to him, she gave this title to the book.

[edit] See also

• Sara Suleri
• Pakistan movement

[edit] External links

Articles

• ZA Suleri: A daughter remembers, from Khalidhasan.net
• ZA Suleri Passes away, from PakSearch

Book links

• Boys Will Be Boys : A Daughter's Elegy, from Amazon
• The Road to Peace and Pakistan by ZA Suleri, from Antiqbook
• Meatless Days by Sara Suleri, from World Literatures

Creation of Pakistan
History:	General History - British East India Company - Indian rebellion of 1857 - Aligarh Movement - Urdu movement - Partition of Bengal - Lucknow Pact - Khilafat Movement - Nehru Report - Fourteen Points of Jinnah - Allahabad Address - Now or Never pamphlet - Two-Nation Theory - Indian Round Table Conferences - Pakistan Resolution - Indian Muslim Nationalism - Cabinet Mission - Indian Independence Act - Radcliffe Line - Pakistan - Objectives Resolution - Yaum e Azadi
Organisation:	Muslim League - Unionist Muslim League - Jamaat-e-Islami - Khaksars
Leaders:	Sir Syed - Iqbal - Quaid-i-Azam - Sain G.M Syed - Liaquat Ali Khan - Bahadur Yar Jung - Abdur Rab Nishtar - Fatima Jinnah - Choudhary Rahmat Ali - Muhammad Ali Jouhar - Shaukat Ali - A. K. Fazlul Huq - Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan - Muhammad Zafrulla Khan - Zafar Ali Khan - Khawaja Nazimuddin - Abdul Qayyum Khan - Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy - Ghulam Ahmed Pervez - Shaukat Hayat Khan - Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan - more...
Activists:	ZA Suleri - Hameed Nizami - Altaf Husain - Yusuf Khattak - more...